CHOCOLATE ORANGE BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

Chocolate Orange Bread and Butter Pudding

Ingredients:
enough butter for 4 or 6 sandwiches
Around 8 - 12 slices of bread (crusts removed)
2 rows of dark chocolate
350 ml milk
4 eggs
zest of 1 orange
450 ml cream
150 g brown sugar

large bowl
grater
pan
gratin dish
whisk
jug
butter knife

Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius

Step 1- Finely grate the chocolate 

Step 2 - butter the slices of bread and sandwich two together with chocolate

Step 3 - arrange the bread in the gratin dish

Step 4 - heat the orange zest, milk and cream in the pan and bring just to the boil

Step 5 -  mean while, whisk the eggs and sugar together in a large bowl

Step 6 - add the milk, orange and cream mixture to the beaten eggs and whisk

Step 7 - poor the mixture evenly over the bread

Step 8 - top with more grated chocolate and orange zest. Bake for place in a bain marie (water bath) and bake for an hour until crispy and golden.

Hope you enjoy this recipe, it's really delicious served warm with some double cream.
If you don't like orange, just miss it out. 
Or, add marmalade instead of the chocolate for a really fruity twist!

hope you enjoyed this recipe, see you soon, Ella x

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MEATBALLS AND EASY TOMATO SAUCE

Meatballs and tomato and basil sauce served on tagliatelle

Ingredients:

for the sauce:

1 onion

1 clove of garlic

1 or 2 tins of chopped tomatoes

1 beef or chicken stock cube

1 fresh chilli or 1 teaspoon of ground chilli

1 tablespoon tomato puree

Fresh basil

For the meatballs:

500g minced beef (make sure it's not horse!)

1 chilli

1 lemon

2 slices of stale bread

1 clove of garlic

For the meatballs:

Step 1 - blitz your bread in a food processor to make bread crumbs

Step 2 - chop your garlic and chilli, grate the zest of your lemon and then add it all to a bowl with the mince and breadcrumbs

Step 3 - mix together with your hands, until it is all together in one ball

Step 4 - shape into small balls with your hands, make sure their all pretty similar in size so they will cook at the same time!

For the sauce:

Step 1 - chop the onion, then add to a pan with a little oil on a medium heat

Step 2 - whilst the onion is softening, chop your garlic and chilli (don't forget to keep stirring the onion or it will burn) then add them to the onion

Step 3 - cook the onion garlic and chilli together for a little while, then add the tinned tomatoes and stock cube

Step 4 - season with a little salt and pepper

Step 5 - bring the sauce to the boil, then leave to simmer with the lid on for about 10 - 20 mins or until the onion is fully cooked

Step 6 - serve on past or add the meatballs to the sauce

step 7 - leave alone until meatballs are cooked, add chopped basil and then serve on pasta ( i like tagliatelle best for this recipe)

Hope you enjoyed this recipe! see you soon...Ella x

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CHOCCY BROWNIES

Super yummy super chocolatey brownies!

Ingredients:

200 g dark choc

150 g butter/marg

225 g caster sugar

2 tsps vanilla extract

2 large eggs

75 g plain flour

What you need: 

Wooden Spoon

Balloon Whisk 

Small Pan

20 cm square tin( i used two 10 cm tins)

Large Bowl

Step 1 - preheat oven to 180 degrees/gas mark 4. Line tins with grease proof paper.

Step 2 - Break the chocolate up. Put it and the butter into a bowl over gently simmering water. Check the base of the bowl isn't touching the water.

Step 3 - Let the two melt together and then stir them gently until combined.

Step 4 - Take the bowl off the heat and then beat in the sugar and vanilla.

Step 5 - Use the balloon whisk to beat in the eggs.

Step 6 - Add the flour and give the mix a good beating.

Step 7 - Tip the mixture into the tins and cook for 30-35 mins

Step 8 - check the brownies with a cocktail stick, if it comes out almost clean, its done! Leave to cool in the tins for around 20 mins before enjoying!

Hope you enjoy these gooey, choccy, lovely brownies!

Check back soon for another recipe! 

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WHO IS ELLA'S PANTRY?

Get to know me....

Hey! My name is Ella and I'm 14 years old and I write ellaspantry. Here's 10 random things abut me...

1: I love Florence + the Machine 

2: My favorite show is the IT crowd

3: I have a strange obsession with birdcages, and I have 6 in my room!

4: I love vintage clothes

5: I don't have a favorite colour. I like rainbows :-)

6: I aspire to become a cake decorator

7: Or a journalist

8: my favorite thing to bake is cupcakes

9: for GCSE i wan't to do food tech and music (along with all the other subjects you have to do!)

10: I love every single one of you who are reading this!

I decided to do something a bit different today, hope it was alright! 

check back soon for a new recipe....

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thankyou, Ella x

disclaimer:all images are from google search, i don't own any of them x

CAKE POPS

How to make...CAKE POPS!!!!

In this blog, i'll show you how to make AND decorate this brilliant new craze.

RECIPE:

6oz marg
6 oz caster sugar
6 oz self raising flour
vanilla extract
3 eggs
100 g white choc
100 g milk/dark choc

WHAT YOU NEED:

Silicone coke pop molds (easy to find and cheap on eBay or in cooking stores)
Large mixing bowl
Wooden Spoon
Scales
Baking Tray
2 Bowls
Cooling rack
Lolly pop sticks( search them on ebay or in cooking stores aswell, super cheap too!)

Step 1 - Beat the marg and sugar together until light and creamy

Step 2 - add your flour and eggs and carefully mix together

Step 3- add a cap full of vanilla extract

Step 4 - heat oven to 180 degrees 

Step 5 - grease both sides of your moulds with marg, then spoon in the mixture 

Step 6 - put the top mould (the one with a hole in it)on top and bake  for 12- 15 mins

(if they aren't quite golden brown when you take of the top, put them back in the oven for a few mins, without the top mould)


Step 7 - carefully pop out your cake pops

Step 8 - once they are cooled, melt your chocolate in the microwave or in a bowl over a pan of boiling water

dip the end of a lolly pop stick into the chocolate and then stick it in a cake pop, then dip the whole cake pop into the chocolate

step 9 - Leave to cool for around 10 mins

 Step 10 - drizzle the other type of chocolate over the top

Step 11- leave to cool in the fridge or buy an open window for around 10 minutes

Step 12 - Wrap in cellophane and tie with a ribbon for a super cute gift ( I gave these to my friend for her birthday!)

Hope you enjoyed this recipe! see you again soon....

love, Ella xxxx

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So SORRY!

Hey Everyone! I just wanted to say how sorry i am for not updating my blog in so long! Keep your eyes peeled for an exciting entry tomorrow though!
Love, Ella xxx